2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships

The 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Serbia from 25 October to 6 November.^[1] Belgrade was picked to host the championships for the second time; the original 2021 contract with New Delhi was cancelled due to a disagreement between AIBA and the Boxing Federation of India over hosting fees. AIBA also demanded the BFI pay a cancellation penalty of US$500,000.^[2]

2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Dates	25 October – 6 November
Competitors	510
Teams	88
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A stamp of Serbia dedicated to the 2021 World Amateur Boxing Championships

For the first time in AIBA’s 75-year history, medal winners were awarded prize money; gold medallists earn $100,000, silver medallists $50,000, and bronze medallists $25,000. The overall prize fund was worth $2.6 million.^[3]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Serbia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	3	0	2	5
2	Kazakhstan	2	2	1	5
3	United States	2	2	0	4
4	Japan	2	0	0	2
5	Russian Boxing Federation [a]	1	2	2	5
6	Azerbaijan	1	0	2	3
	France	1	0	2	3
8	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
9	Thailand Boxing Federation [b]	0	1	2	3
10	Armenia	0	1	1	2
	Belarus	0	1	1	2
	Italy	0	1	1	2
	Uzbekistan	0	1	1	2
14	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
16	Georgia	0	0	2	2
17	Albania	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
	Serbia*	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		13	13	26	52

1. In accordance with a ban by WADA and a decision by CAS, Russian boxers were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated as the Russian Boxing Federation and under the Russian Olympic Committee flag.
2. In accordance with a ban by WADA, Thai boxers participated as the Thailand Boxing Federation, under the AIBA flag.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Minimumweight details	Temirtas Zhussupov  Kazakhstan	Wuttichai Yurachai Thailand Boxing Federation	Yauheni Karmilchyk  Belarus
			Sakhil Alakhverdovi  Georgia
Flyweight details	Saken Bibossinov  Kazakhstan	Roscoe Hill  United States	Thanarat Saengphet Thailand Boxing Federation
			Akhtem Zakirov Russian Boxing Federation
Bantamweight details	Tomoya Tsuboi  Japan	Makhmud Sabyrkhan  Kazakhstan	Billal Bennama  France
			Akash Kumar  India
Featherweight details	Jahmal Harvey  United States	Serik Temirzhanov  Kazakhstan	Samuel Kistohurry  France
			Osvel Caballero  Cuba
Lightweight details	Sofiane Oumiha  France	Abdumalik Khalokov  Uzbekistan	Alexy de la Cruz  Dominican Republic
			Danial Shahbakhsh  Iran
Light welterweight details	Andy Cruz  Cuba	Kerem Özmen  Turkey	Hovhannes Bachkov  Armenia
			Reese Lynch  Scotland
Welterweight details	Sewon Okazawa  Japan	Omari Jones  United States	Ablaikhan Zhussupov  Kazakhstan
			Lasha Guruli  Georgia
Light middleweight details	Yurii Zakharieiev  Ukraine	Vadim Musaev Russian Boxing Federation	Sarkhan Aliyev  Azerbaijan
			Alban Beqiri  Albania
Middleweight details	Yoenlis Hernández  Cuba	Dzhambulat Bizhamov Russian Boxing Federation	Salvatore Cavallaro  Italy
			Weerapon Jongjoho Thailand Boxing Federation
Light heavyweight details	Robby Gonzales  United States	Aliaksei Alfiorau  Belarus	Vladimir Mironchikov  Serbia
			Savelii Sadoma Russian Boxing Federation
Cruiserweight details	Loren Alfonso  Azerbaijan	Keno Machado  Brazil	Herich Ruiz  Cuba
			Victor Schelstraete  Belgium
Heavyweight details	Julio César La Cruz  Cuba	Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine  Italy	Madiyar Saydrakhimov  Uzbekistan
			Enmanuel Reyes  Spain
Super heavyweight details	Mark Petrovskii Russian Boxing Federation	Davit Chaloyan  Armenia	Nigel Paul  Trinidad and Tobago
			Mahammad Abdullayev  Azerbaijan

Controversies

The Kosovo boxing team was prevented from competing at the tournament despite Serbia's hosting contract requiring Serbia to allow all teams to compete. (The contract further requires that all teams be allowed to compete under their own flags and explicitly includes Kosovo; AIBA recognizes the Kosovo Boxing Federation as a full member.^[4]) Two days prior to the tournament, the Kosovo boxing team was denied entry into Serbia at border control, effectively shutting them out of the tournament. During negotiations between AIBA and Serbia, Serbia stated to AIBA that Kosovo would not be allowed to compete except under the AIBA flag; this was rejected by Kosovo. One day prior to the tournament, AIBA suggested a compromise to Serbia where Kosovo would compete under "a neutral flag" (similar to Russia's situation); this was rejected by Serbia.^[5][6][7]

In December 2021 after the tournament, the International Olympic Committee sent a letter to Serbia condemning the incident.^[8]

Participating nations

510 athletes from 86 countries and two AIBA Fair Chance Teams participated in the championships:

1. AIBA Fair Chance Team 1 (9)
2. AIBA Fair Chance Team 2 (1)
3.  Albania (3)
4.  Armenia (11)
5.  Austria (1)
6.  Azerbaijan (9)
7.  Bahamas (2)
8.  Barbados (2)
9.  Belarus (6)
10.  Belgium (3)
11.  Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
12.  Brazil (10)
13.  Bulgaria (8)
14.  Cameroon (3)
15.  Chinese Taipei (10)
16.  Colombia (8)
17.  Croatia (10)
18.  Cuba (8)
19.  Cyprus (4)
20.  Czech Republic (1)
21.  Democratic Republic of the Congo (5)
22.  Dominican Republic (2)
23.  Ecuador (9)
24.  England (9)
25.  Estonia (2)
26.  Finland (3)
27.  France (6)
28.  Gambia (1)
29.  Georgia (7)
30.  Germany (13)
31.  Greece (4)
32.  Guatemala (3)
33.  Guyana (2)
34.  Haiti (1)
35.  Hong Kong (1)
36.  Hungary (10)
37.  India (13)
38.  Iran (10)
39.  Iraq (1)
40.  Ireland (7)
41.  Israel (4)
42.  Italy (11)
43.  Jamaica (3)
44.  Japan (10)
45.  Jordan (4)
46.  Kazakhstan (13)
47.  Kenya (13)
48.  Kyrgyzstan (12)
49.  Laos (1)
50.  Lithuania (8)
51.  Luxembourg (1)
52.  Mali (1)
53.  Mauritius (3)
54.  Mexico (9)
55.  Moldova (8)
56.  Mongolia (8)
57.  Montenegro (2)
58.  Nepal (4)
59.  Nicaragua (1)
60.  North Macedonia (2)
61.  Norway (3)
62.  Pakistan (1)
63.  Palestine (1)
64.  Panama (3)
65.  Poland (8)
66.  Puerto Rico (4)
67.  Romania (2)
68. Russian Boxing Federation (13)
69.  Saint Lucia (1)
70.  Scotland (6)
71.  Serbia (12)
72.  Seychelles (3)
73.  Sierra Leone (6)
74.  Slovakia (5)
75.  Slovenia (7)
76.  Somalia (2)
77.  South Korea (7)
78.  Spain (8)
79.  Sri Lanka (1)
80.  Tajikistan (8)
81.  Tanzania (3)
82. Thailand Boxing Federation (10)
83.  Trinidad and Tobago (5)
84.  Turkey (13)
85.  Ukraine (13)
86.  United States (9)
87.  Uzbekistan (13)
88.  Venezuela (4)